On 11/16/11 2:52 PM, Canuck57 wrote:
On 16/11/2011 12:17 PM, X ` Man wrote:
On 11/16/11 1:32 PM, Canuck57 wrote:
On 15/11/2011 6:49 PM, JustWait wrote:
On 11/15/2011 8:47 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:59:18 -0500, X `
wrote:

On 11/15/11 6:36 PM, North Star wrote:
On Nov 15, 4:45 pm, X ` wrote:
One of the hard drives on one of my aging Apple computers has been
dying
for a couple of weeks. It finally gave up the ghost yesterday.
Called
Apple Care and the tech suggested about four different ways to
try to
resuscitate it, to no avail.

So he made an appointment for me at the local Apple store. I showed
up,
tech said "go to lunch." Came back 90 minutes later, new hard
drive in
machine, running diagnostics.

No charge for labor or parts.

Love it.

Wow! just how old is that computer and was it still under warranty?

Two years next month. When I bought it, I paid about $100 for a three
year extended warranty. It's really nice...if I have a problem, I
call
Apple Care on the phone and usually the English speaking person who
answers can work out the difficulty with me doing what is
suggested. If
not, the rep makes an appointment for me at the local store.

I just reinstalled my apps and data back on the machine from a
backup.

Since most hard drives are warranted for 5 years by the manufacturer
these days that seems like a great deal for Apple. Most computer
problems are caused by bad hard drives. That has been true for a long
time, pretty much since the end of the card reader and open reel tape
drive.

Wow! You mean Harry bought an extended service plan? Holy ****!!! I
wish
those were available with PC's snerk

But tells us harry can't recover his own PC.

First thing you do is make sure you can recover it yourself. As buying a
1TB laptop drive to replace an old 200MB one has advantages that
warranter will not do.

He probably has a 250M drive or less, but could have saved the warranty
money for one of these: (and fast)

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX32627


D'oh. Every time you post, you demonstrate your stupidity.

The drive that failed is in a sealed iMac, not a PC box. You don't just
swap out drives in an iMac. And the iMac has a service contract, so
there is no need for me to try to take it apart.

Oh, the drive that failed was a 1 terabyte drive. My Macbook Pro laptop
has a 250 MB drive, which is more than adequate for its purpose.

I have four 2TB drives in my server.

I can "recover" the iMac from a bad software condition, but that wasn't
the case in this case.

When I have six months left on the iMac service contract, I'll sell it,
just as I did with my previous iMac, and get the latest model.

Now, anything more you wish to post out of your ignorance?

So Macs are proprietary crap? Stupid loser users never learn.

The best way to judge a products quality is to ask but not buy a
warranty. Lower is better.

But for hard drives, I look at them as consumables and never run any
over 5 years old.



No, dummy, the issue that kept me from replacing the iMac drive was not
a proprietary issue. They use standard OEM drives. Haven't you ever seen
a a recent model iMac? Perhaps you should look at one and get back to me
about replacing the innards.

And once again, you demonstrate your ignorance.